Chapter 62 Differences in Perception

Differences in Perception

For a few minutes now, Takeshi has been staring at Hana-san.

I think it was because she didn’t like the way he was looking at her. Hana-san backed away and hid behind my back.

“What? Are you shy? What a bore.”

…Even I, a man, feel the same way. The way he looked at her was a little strange.

It was a look as if he was aiming at her. If you say it was normal for men, maybe it was, but…for me, who usually lives a normal life, it was too blatant and seemed vulgar.

“And you were with such a nice woman? Did you break up with Kaori already?”

Maybe because Hana-san ignored him, Takeshi now turns his attention to me. To be honest, I don’t like the fact that he shows no remorse for what happened yesterday.

However, since showing that discomfort would only make things worse…I kept my mouth shut and reacted as usual in front of Hana-san.

“Yeah, things aren’t going well with Kaori…”

Strictly speaking, we didn’t break up.

But I’m afraid that something will happen if I deny that Hana-san is not my girlfriend.

If I denied it, I thought Takeshi might follow me. So I faked it vaguely.

“She is someone I recently became friends with, and her name is——”

Name…what should I choose?

Since I couldn’t use her real name, I tried to think of an alias, but I couldn’t come up with one, so I stuttered.

This is not good. If I didn’t say anything…Takeshi might suspect what kind of relationship I had with her.

“——Mi, I’m Mika. Nice to meet you~”

I heard a high-pitched voice.

The source of that voice coming from nearby was, of course, Hana-san.

When she saw that I was stuttering, she sent me a rescue boat.

She changed her voice so that Takeshi wouldn’t recognize her, but it was a little forced…probably because she was doing something she wasn’t used to.

Well, how about this?

I wouldn’t be surprised if Takeshi, her son, noticed.

“Hi, Mika-chan. I’m Takeshi. Nice to meet you. I’m Takumi’s childhood friend, so let’s get along.”

Well, so like that.

He doesn’t notice the disguise. How could he not notice the deliberately changed voice?

“…Are we done? I have some plans after this.”

Takeshi still looked like he wanted to talk to Hana-san, so I was cautious and tried to distance her from him.

The introductions were already done. I think this would probably make Takeshi a little down…and that he wouldn’t get involved in any weirdness.

“What’s that? Are you in a bad mood? Are you still upset about what happened yesterday? It was just a little fight; don’t take it too seriously.”

Takeshi was still laughing out loud. I see…I guess he doesn’t have much remorse for what happened yesterday. It seems like he can treat me naturally because he thinks it was just a little fight.

“By the way, how was my mother’s mood? It’s the first time we’ve had such a fight, so it’s a little awkward…Takumi, please tell her to forgive me somehow.”

“…Haah!”

I was so stunned that I couldn’t get a word out.

Even with Hana-san, does he think it’s just a little parent-child fight?

I really think this guy is a helpless person——